Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Garabogazkol (Kara Bogaz Gol), Balkan, Turkmenistan

mindat Locality ID: 16811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garabogazkol (Kara Bogaz Gol), Balkan, Turkmenistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°23'21"N
Longitude: 53°34'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.389166666667,53.567222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Baryte	Blödite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	None	Rocksalt

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: B C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O P S Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O P S Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Blödite Epsomite Gypsum Hexahydrite None Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Blödite ()*	Celestine ()*	Epsomite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Lüneburgite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Natron ()*
Polyhalite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Lüneburgite ()*	None	Mg₃[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂]·6H₂O	14
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	51
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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